What a weekend.
Mississippi State went into the series with #1 Florida, who hadn't lost a series since last April, needing 1 win to secure an SEC Tournament bid and 2 wins to feel confident about an NCAA Tournament bid. They got 3. Florida lacked effort all weekend and didn't throw all of their best arms in a series that was more or less meaningless to them, but that doesn't matter to State. It was a series that the Bulldogs had to have, and they brought their best three efforts all year to sweep the defending national champions.
It all started on Thursday Night, when the Bulldogs wore the white "State" pinstripes, one of the best uniforms in college baseball, en-route to a 6-3 come-from-behind win. Florida wore some less-than-stellar black jerseys in their loss; drop shadows and thick-piping bring the look down. I think that, taking into account only the jersey, State's Black 85 alternates are much better. The difference? Florida doesn't wear theirs with black pants, so their overall look is better (though still not great). Interestingly, Thursday was MSU Ace Konnor Pilkington's first ever appearance in the white "State" pins.
On Friday, State wore the maroon 85 jerseys with white pants, yet another one of the best uniform combinations in college baseball, while Florida wore gray. The Bulldogs dominated from the start, winning 12-4 to clinch the series. On Saturday, despite high temperatures and high humidity, the Bulldogs stuck to their game 3 trend of wearing the all Black 85s; Florida countered with blue jerseys. Once again, the Bulldog offense was on fire as State won 13-6 to pull off the sweep of the Gators.
With the sweep of Florida, State ended the 2018 regular season with a 15-15 SEC Record, tied for 7th best in the conference (tied for 3rd in the West) and good enough for a 9 seed in next week's SEC Tournament in Hoover. Finishing conference play .500 seemed unthinkable a couple of months back; honestly, it seemed unthinkable three days ago. State will be matched up with #8 seed LSU in the play-in round of the Tournament. The game will start at 4:30 PM CT on Tuesday, and the winner will advance to play #1 seed Florida in the double-elimination round on Wednesday.
Mississippi State went into the series with #1 Florida, who hadn't lost a series since last April, needing 1 win to secure an SEC Tournament bid and 2 wins to feel confident about an NCAA Tournament bid. They got 3. Florida lacked effort all weekend and didn't throw all of their best arms in a series that was more or less meaningless to them, but that doesn't matter to State. It was a series that the Bulldogs had to have, and they brought their best three efforts all year to sweep the defending national champions.
It all started on Thursday Night, when the Bulldogs wore the white "State" pinstripes, one of the best uniforms in college baseball, en-route to a 6-3 come-from-behind win. Florida wore some less-than-stellar black jerseys in their loss; drop shadows and thick-piping bring the look down. I think that, taking into account only the jersey, State's Black 85 alternates are much better. The difference? Florida doesn't wear theirs with black pants, so their overall look is better (though still not great). Interestingly, Thursday was MSU Ace Konnor Pilkington's first ever appearance in the white "State" pins.
On Friday, State wore the maroon 85 jerseys with white pants, yet another one of the best uniform combinations in college baseball, while Florida wore gray. The Bulldogs dominated from the start, winning 12-4 to clinch the series. On Saturday, despite high temperatures and high humidity, the Bulldogs stuck to their game 3 trend of wearing the all Black 85s; Florida countered with blue jerseys. Once again, the Bulldog offense was on fire as State won 13-6 to pull off the sweep of the Gators.
With the sweep of Florida, State ended the 2018 regular season with a 15-15 SEC Record, tied for 7th best in the conference (tied for 3rd in the West) and good enough for a 9 seed in next week's SEC Tournament in Hoover. Finishing conference play .500 seemed unthinkable a couple of months back; honestly, it seemed unthinkable three days ago. State will be matched up with #8 seed LSU in the play-in round of the Tournament. The game will start at 4:30 PM CT on Tuesday, and the winner will advance to play #1 seed Florida in the double-elimination round on Wednesday.
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Uniform Models for the sweep of Florida:
Thursday vs Florida- White "State" Pinstripes- #15 Jake Mangum
Friday vs Florida- Maroon 85 over White- #5 Tanner Allen
Saturday vs Florida- Black 85 over Black- #40 Elijah MacNamee
Thursday vs Florida- White "State" Pinstripes- #15 Jake Mangum
Friday vs Florida- Maroon 85 over White- #5 Tanner Allen
Saturday vs Florida- Black 85 over Black- #40 Elijah MacNamee
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